disintegration

== English == === Etymology === From disintegrate +‎ -ion or dis- +‎ integration. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dɪs.ɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/ (General American) IPA(key): /dɪsˌɪnd.əˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/, [dɪsˌɪn.əˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən] Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === disintegration (countable and uncountable, plural disintegrations) A process by which anything disintegrates. The condition of anything which has disintegrated. (geology) The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc. (nuclear physics) The process of radioactive decay. The radioactive decay of a single atom. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== integration ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === disorientating